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Buffalo’s Baseball Hall of Famer: The legend of Jimmy Collins

National Baseball Hall of Famer James “Jimmy” Collins, known best for in the early 1900s revolutionizing the way third base ...
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Jimmy Collins’ Wake: How a Red Sox Hall of Famer from Buffalo inspired a Dropkick Murphys song

Baseball, more than any other sport, finds a home within Dropkick Murphys’ music. Frontman Ken Casey in the late-aughts even ...
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Herd mentality: Baseball Hall of Famer Jimmy Collins’ time with the Buffalo Bisons and growing up in WNY

Baseball Hall of Famer Jimmy Collins was born to Irish immigrants Anthony and Alice Collins in Niagara Falls on Jan. 16, 1870. He and his family moved to Buffalo two years later. Collins attended St.